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Don’t let roaring lions drown out the alarm bells

Alex Sexton, our Media Communications Officer reflects on how the recent football World Cup has the power to inspire, but it shouldn’t be taken as the solution to a deepening physical activity problem.
Published 16 July 2018, Grassroots
Roehampton Club brings rackets and maths together to inspire the next generation

Following the launch of our #RightToBeActive campaign at the Sport Summit, we caught up with the Roehampton Club and their successful programme Rackets Cubed, which uses both sport and education to improve children’s physical and mental health.
Published 13 July 2018, Grassroots
The Daily Mile Foundation- 15 simple minutes to keep children and young people active

With the release of the Government's Childhood obesity strategy: a plan for action, chapter two. We caught up with The Daily Mile Foundation to find out about their initiative to get more children and young people active during the school day.
Published 03 July 2018, Grassroots
How rugby is helping to increase participation among under-represented groups

This week’s grassroots story focuses on Project Rugby, a project designed to increase rugby participation among under-represented communities.
Published 21 June 2018, Grassroots
Sitting Netball - Inspiring mental wellbeing in elderly care houses

London Sport's Sitting Netball programme uses the power of sport to engage and bring about positive change in the mental wellbeing of elderly care home residents.
Published 13 June 2018, Grassroots
Access Sport - enhancing the prospects of disadvantaged and disabled children

In the latest of our series of grassroots case studies, we examine the work of Access Sport who are enhancing the life prospects of disadvantaged and disabled children and young people through sport.
Published 08 June 2018, Grassroots
parkrun - bringing entire communities together through physical activity

We caught up with parkrun to find out about their success in getting the nation active since they started out in 2004.
Published 07 June 2018, Grassroots
£125m reinvested back into sport from broadcast revenues

Sports bodies reinvested £125m from broadcast revenues into the long-term development of sport in the last financial year. Seven bodies made the commitment as part of the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Broadcasting of Major Sporting Events.
Published 18 January 2018, Grassroots
How Ping!’s doorstep approach can bring positive change

Table Tennis England’s Marketing Officer, Julie Snowdon, explains how a public ping pong project tackles inactivity by bringing the game into places people are already spending time.
Published 18 January 2018, Grassroots
Dame Katherine Grainger to address value of medal success to nation

Dame Katherine Grainger, Chair of UK Sport, will address the positive link between medal investment and grassroots sport and recreation at the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s 2018 Fit for the Future Convention.
Published 02 November 2017, Grassroots